| Show The Story FOR TONIGHT Part I. I There was onCe a poor peasant and hIs wife who had a very beautiful daughter named Sune So 50 beautiful was she that her hair rivaled the sun in its golden brIghtness Her eyes were like the blue sky and her lips were so red that the roses beheld her wIth envy Her skin was so white and fair that the wInter snow was not whiter Her teeth were like the pearls and when an od wItch named who lived in the by saw one day she became enraged because she was more beautiful than her own daughter Witch had thought till then that her own daughter was the most beautiful creature in the world for the witch child was as dark darl as was vas faIr and Witch wished the PrInce of who was coking for a wIfe to wed her She knew that the prince had sent out his servants ser far and near to look for the most beautiful lady In the I I country for hIs wife and if were brought before the Prince of of her daughter would never be chosen There Thero was only one thIng to do and that was to entice the lovelY into the forest and there change her into the shape of an anImal and leave her to her fate I The wicked Witch watched her I chance and one day when Sune was sent Into the forest to gather wood I Witch slipped out from behInd a a tree and touched her with her magic I stick changIng her Into a tIger Poor I little was so frIghtened when she beheld her paws she fell on the I I ground and began to moan and ana cry an and andall 1 all the bIrds and anImals of the forest forestI camp came runnIng to see what had hap hap- I The wItch in her haste forgot to toI deprive Sune of her power to bIlk so 50 I when the bIrds and animals wanted to know what was the matter she tOld them she lid dId not know lwow but something I I dreadful had happened an and she was no I longer a 11 gIrl but a tIger and was wasI afraId to go home I The birds and anImals can understand understand under under- stand any language and beIng now part anImal herself Sune had no noI I trouble in understandIng understandIng- them Do not cry they told her It must mustI be the work of Witch but we I will protect you an and when the hunters como come we will warn you so you may hIde until they go Eat the berries and I I nuts and we will fInd a nice place for you to sleep so dry your our eyes and I II some way may be found to restore you I to your own shape I did as the bIrds and animals told her for there was no other way I and soon she became fond of her forest forestI I home and all her new friends I Witch now proceeded to have I her beautiful daughter seen by the messengers of the Prince of and I I they carrIed her off to his palace sure I II I they had found at last a wIfe that I would suit their royal master mastel I Of course the parents of little Sune i looked everywhere for her but she I could not be found and when they I I saw the tiger coming coining toward towar them they fled for they dId not know that the beautiful and graceful tiger skin held I I their own chIld Tomorrow I will tell you how i iwas I was restored to her own form and her father and mother To bo be con continued tomorrow i |
